In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated.
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
It is a Christopher Nolan film. It makes the viewer expect a fascinating experience.

It is a different film from his previous ones. It is not a mystery movie nor a dark superhero movie. This time it is about a battle of war and how soldiers and civilians went through it. There is no major focus on characters as persons but more as equal human beings willing to survive. The substance in the movie is not what you expect from Nolan as we've seen many mind bending films from him.

Dunkirk is not a typical blockbuster film. I find it simple and well made. The CGI is subtle as you might expect with very realistic craft and well made action scenes. It is a very good visual experience.

Excellent soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. So different and I really liked it.

Overall, not Nolan's best movie but definitely a good movie.
Dunkirk is over-saturated with close-ups on actors, unnecessary filler, plagued by a pointless plot that goes absolutely nowhere, and leaves the audience wondering what in the world they had just watched. The French were merely alluded to, and the Germans barely made appearance.

At least, one could say that there was an attempt at making a different kind of war film. Opposed to showing the grit and highlighting the horrors of war, Dunkirk tried to be a war-drama - It did not work. A slow, impotent script, plus a boring, uncompelling cast of characters leaves me no choice but to poorly rate a film that should have been a masterpiece.

If I told you that the first twenty minutes of a movie follows two men running around carrying a stretcher, would you want to go see it? I would pray your response would be no. Suspense is a beautiful thing while being done correctly, but if by an hour into a movie the viewer is still wondering: "When is something going to happen?", there is well beyond too much suspense.

There was a lot of history to grasp from, including the inner turmoil that Dunkirk stirred among the Nazis. There was Churchill's famous speech, the French, whom helped a hell of a lot more than what the movie showed. This movie seemed little more than patriotic, as if the British are pining for more praise.

What seemed like a highlight reel of pretty camera shots, actor head- shots, and fancy editing tricks, missed the mark entirely. A war movie should make it's audience sad, maybe even a little angry. All Dunkirk did or me was made me feel immensely disappointed. This movie is not worth your money, and frankly, is unmemorable. Just watch Black Hawk Down or Hacksaw Ridge if you want to watch a decent war film. You'll get way more out of those two films.

Cheers.
There have been countless films this summer that have engaged in endless spectacle but Dunkirk is the rare blockbuster that will leave a bruise.
In particular, the evading of the German fighter seems to be directly based on Commander Lightoller's experiences. His oldest son was an RAF pilot killed in the early days of World War II.